Gubbio
(ˈgʊbɪəʊ)
The name of a city in northern Italy, used attrib. to designate majolica made there in the sixteenth century, particularly a ruby-lustred majolica made by Giorgio Andreoli.
| 1857 J. Marryat Hist. Pott. & Porcelain (ed. 2) ii. 24 The Gubbio ware unites in some degree the qualities of the mezza majolica and fine majolica; its prismatic glaze has never been surpassed. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 626/2 The early Pesaro and Gubbio ware. Ibid. 627/2 The pictured wares of Urbino sometimes have the Gubbio lustre colours. 1942 Burlington Mag. June 156/2 Several pieces of Italian Maiolica,..a Gubbio dish by Maestro Giorgio, signed and dated 1522. |